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Hi RosieT.. Those new spots are really too bad. The oral medications should have helped her by now. They say you can never be sure if a spot is ringworm without a culture, but if the cat already has ringworm and more spots appear, or there's hair loss or other weird skin issues, it's likely that it's more ringworm. It probably doesn't make sense to do a culture, but maybe your vet can take a really good look and give an opinion. I guess there's always a chance that she's just stressed and pulling out fur and scratching too much....
You can get a negative culture result when the cat still has spots or lesions, but I don't think that happens with NEW spots or lesions. Sometimes the ringworm is gone but the skin hasn't healed yet. But if I'm reading your post correctly, those spots are very recent. So I'd say save your money and don't culture yet.
If Oscar is clear, I don't understand why he is still confined to the bathroom. If he has had negative cultures (sorry, I can't remember) he should be free to roam. Because it can be tough on a cat that is already stressed, I'm not in favor of isolating cats with ringworm unless it's easy for everyone and not stressful to the cat... but if Izzy continues to have it, it does make sense to keep her in the room that's easiest to clean.
I don't know if you believe in karma but you must be racking up some pretty good points by taking such care of these cats for so long. I'll say again that all my fingers are crossed that this is over for all of you SOON!
You can get a negative culture result when the cat still has spots or lesions, but I don't think that happens with NEW spots or lesions. Sometimes the ringworm is gone but the skin hasn't healed yet. But if I'm reading your post correctly, those spots are very recent. So I'd say save your money and don't culture yet.
If Oscar is clear, I don't understand why he is still confined to the bathroom. If he has had negative cultures (sorry, I can't remember) he should be free to roam. Because it can be tough on a cat that is already stressed, I'm not in favor of isolating cats with ringworm unless it's easy for everyone and not stressful to the cat... but if Izzy continues to have it, it does make sense to keep her in the room that's easiest to clean.
I don't know if you believe in karma but you must be racking up some pretty good points by taking such care of these cats for so long. I'll say again that all my fingers are crossed that this is over for all of you SOON!